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Worlds 2019: 5th place for Nina Derwael in the all-around final!

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Thursday afternoon, Nina Derwael competed in the all-around final at the World Championships in Stuttgart. She was impressive and finished 5th.  Nina started her competition on uneven bars. She showed excellent work and scored 15.200, a little more than in qualifications.  She was also solid on beam, showing a back handspring to a layout step out, a triple wolf turn and a Steingruber dismount for a score of 13.733. In the third rotation  Nina was first up on floor where she once again showed excellent execution and expressiveness. She scored 13.500 for a routine that included a double tuck and a triple wolf turn. On vault she received 13.600 for her Yurchenko with a full twist.  She finishes 5th with a total of 56.033. Simone Biles won her 5th World all-around title with 58.999. Tang Xijing from China won the silver medal, Angelina Melnikova the bronze. Result all-around final: 1. Simone Biles (USA) 58.999 2. Tang Xijing (CHN) 56.899 3. Angelina Melniko

Worlds 2019: Men's qualifications: 18th place for Team Belgium

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Monday afternoon the Belgian men completed their qualifications in Stuttgart. Just like the girls, they were in search of an olympic team ticket. A bad start in the first rotation cut their chances short right away.  The men started their competition on pommel horse. Jimmy Verbaeys was off to a good start on the most difficult apparatus to start on. He scored 13.200. Unfortunately Noah Kuavita , Luka Van den Keybus and Maxime Gentges all fell. Luka scored 11.433 while Maxime saved a few tenths by adding extra difficulty after his fall (12.066). Noah got 10.933. On rings Maxime scored 13.200 for a good routine. Noah and Jimmy added 12.733 and 12.566 to the team total while Luka got 12.300. On vault Noah received an excellent 14.400 for his handspring double front. Luka scored 13.900 for his Yurchenko double twist.  Daan  added another half twist and scored 14.166. Jimmy made a mistake and got 12.366. The men then moved on to the parallel bars where Noah once again

Worlds 2019: Olympic Team qualification and 3 finals for Nina!

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Friday morning, the Belgian girls competed during the qualifications at the World Championships. They scored 161.238 and finished 10th. Just like in Rio in 2016, the Belgian girls team qualified for the Olympic Games as a team.  Apart from Olympic qualifications, the qualifications for the all-around and apparatus finals were also at stake. Nina Derwael qualified for 3 of them.  With a score of 55.441, she placed 8th but qualifies in 7th place for the all-around final that will be held on Thursday. 4th times all-around World champion  Simone Biles took the lead after the qualifications ahead of her teammate Sunisa Lee . Melanie de Jesus dos Santos from France qualified in 3rd.  Nina, the World uneven bars champion confirmed her status by qualifying in first position for the final on Saturday. She scored 15.141 out of a 6.5 D-score. Russian Daria Spiridonova (15.016) and American Sunisa Lee (15.000) are not that far behind. It will be a close battle for the medals! 

2019 World Championships: Solid qualification round for Team Belgium.

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Friday morning, the Belgian girls competed in the qualifications at the World Championships in Stuttgart, the qualifying competition for teams and individual all-around gymnasts for Tokyo 2020. The Belgian Red Eagles were pretty solid and scored 161.238.   Maellyse Brassart opened the competition for team Belgium, with a high piked full-in. She scored 12.766. Margaux Daveloose received 13.366  for a great routine, while Nina Derwael scored 13.600. Jade Vansteenkiste opened with a strong triple twist but unfortunaly fell on a front twist later on. Her score of 12.200 was dropped.  On vault, all the girls but Jade showed a Yurchenko with a full twist. Nina , Senna and Maellyse scored 13.500, 13.566 and 13.600. Jade performed a Yurchenko with 1 1/2 twist and scored 14.100. The Red Eagles came to full strenght on uneven bars. They impressed with 4 clean routines. Maellyse scored 13.133,   Margaux   did a tiny bit better with her 13.166.  Senna added a strong 13.733 to the

EYOF 2019: 8th place for Victor Martinez in the vault final!

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Today the gymnasts fought for the last medals at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku. Victor Martinez competed in the vault final.  Victor was the 7th gymnast to compete in the vault final. He qualified in 5th place. To fight for the medals, he had to show more difficult vaults than in qualifications. Victor and his coach Gilles Gentges decided to go for it.  Unfortunately Victor fell on his first vault and also had to put his hand down on his second vault. He scored 12.783 and finished 8th. It was Victor 's very first final at this level and he gained a lot of valuable experience.  Earlier this week he finished 12th in the all-around final. Results Vault final men: 1. Raekwon Baptiste (GBR) 13.983 2. Robert Burtanete (ROM) 13.933 3. Gabriel Burtanete (ROM) 13.833 4. Nazar Chepurnyi (UKR) 13.716 5. Sam Mostowfi (GBR) 13.433 6. Jorge Campana (ESP) 13.033 7. Ivan Kuliak (RUS) 12.849 8. Victor Martinez (BEL) 12.783 You can find the r

2019 EYOF: 6th and 7th place for our Belgian girls in the bars final

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Today was the first day of event finals at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Jutta Verkest and Margaux Dandois both competed in the uneven bars final. Credit : Azerbaidjan Federation Margaux was the very first one gymnast to compete. At only 13, she showed she belonged in this final with a solid routine, comprising of a Jaeger release and a double piked dismount. She scored 12.600. Jutta was the 7th to go. She impressed in qualifications and the all-around final. With a Jaeger salto and a full twisting double tuck dismount, she scored 12.900. Jutta placed 6th and Margaux was 7th in a final won by Russian sensation Viktoriia Listunova with 14.300. Listunova, the Juniors World Champion, won two new gold medals. She now has 4 for herself (team final, all-around final, vault and uneven bars). And she can add two more as she will compete in the beam and floor finals tomorrow. Her teammate Irina Komnova won the silver with 13.733. The bronze went to Romania's Ioan

2019 EYOF: strong performances in the all-around final

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The all-around finals took place today at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku. Three Belgian gymnasts competed today. Recap. Victor Martinez and Nicola Cuyle  took the stage first. Victor had an excellent start on vault, scoring 13.950.  Nicola  started his competition with a 12.550 on still rings. Victor then moved to parallel bars where he showed a good routine that was rewarded with a 13.300. Nicola went to vault where he scored 13.600. In the third rotation Victor competed on high bar and scored 12.500, Nicola received 13.250 for his routine on parallel bars. Nicola moved on to the high bar then where he scored 12.200 while Victor was on floor and got rewarded with 12.500. In the fifth rotation Victor competed on the pommel horse and Nicola on floor. Nicola showed a strong routine that scored 13.150. Victor  received a 12.100 from the judges.  In the final rotation Victor made an error on still rings and scored 12.350. Nicola finished strong on pommel ho

2019 EYOF: 6 finals for our Juniors!

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The 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival started yesterday for our gymnasts in Baku (Azerbaidjan) with the men's qualifications, while the girls competed today for spots in the finals. They all did an amazing job, qualifying for 6 finals. On Tuesday, Victor Martinez and the twins Nicola and Glen Cuyle competed in the 2nd subdivision (out of 3). Despite a few mistakes, they managed to score 153.400 and placed 10th in the team final. The gold went to Ukraine (163.950, ahead of Russia (163.100) a,d Italy (159.183). Our boys also qualified for 3 individual finals. Nicola Cuyle and Victor Martinez both qualified for the all-around final, as they scored 77.000 and 76.400 to place 17th and 24th respectively. In addition to that, Victor also qualified for the vault final in 5th place with a score of 13.600. Today, Charlotte Beydts , Margaux Dandois and Jutta Verkest competed in the 4th and final subdivision where they started on beam. All three of them fell, but Mar

2019 EYOF: All you need to know!

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The 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival started on sunday with the Opening ceremony in  Baku, Azerbaijan. 3600 young athletes get to taste of the Olympic experience in this multi-sports event.   Team Belgium will be represented by Charlotte Beydts , Margaux Dandois and Jutta Verkest  on the girls side and by Glen and Nicola Cuyle and Victor Martinez on the boys side. They hope to follow in the footsteps of medal winning compatriots as Aagje Vanwalleghem, Maxime Gentges, Thomas Neuteleers, Axelle Klinckaert, Nina Derwael, Ward Claeys and Mattis Bouchet. The men's qualifications, that also serve as team competition will be held on Tuesday. The Belgian boys compete in the second of three subdivision that starts at 11.45 Belgian time. They'll start on still rings. The girls' qualifications are scheduled on Wednesday. The Belgian girls will compete in the last of 4 subdivisions. The girls start their competition on beam, at 15.15 Belgian time. On Thurs

European Games 2019: Nina Derwael wins the gold on balance beam!

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Nina Derwael won the gold medal on balance beam during the final day of the European Games in Minsk. She also finished 4th on uneven bars. Nina first competed in the bars final. She unfortunately fell on her third release skill : the Derwael-Fenton. The last couple of years we got used to see Nina deliver medal winning routines but we must not forget how incredibly difficult this routine actually is. She scored 13.933 and finished 4th. Angelina Melnikova won the gold (14.466), Becky Downie the silver (14.400) and the young Anastasiya Alistratava the bronze (14.233). Nina was pretty disappointed and angry after her bars but this made her attack the beam. She performed agressively and rock solid. Her routine included a free walkover connected to a ring leap, a triple and a double wolf turn. She scored 13.766 and won the gold medal. The Russian Angelina Melnikova was second. Diana Varinska from Ukraine third. Results Uneven Bars final: 1. Angelina Melnikova (RUS)

Junior Worlds Gyor : 7th and 8th place for Stacy and Noémie in the bars final

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Today was the first day of apparatus finals at the Juniors World Championships in Gyor (Hungary). Two Belgians were in the uneven bars final : Stacy Bertrandt and Noémie Louon. Credit : Hungarian Gymnastics Federation Stacy and Noémie are used to those big events, as they both participated in the Junior European Championships last year. Nevertheless, competing in a big arena can still be quite impressive. But our girls managed to keep their head cool and compete great routines. Noémie was the first of the two to go. She performed a Jaeger release, a Shaposhnikova and a double tuck with a full twist dismount. She scored 13.100. Stacy was the very last gymnast to present herself in front of the judges. With a good routine and a double piked dismount, she also scored 13.100.  Our Belgians got separated in the ranking based on their execution score. Stacy placed 7th and Noémie 8th. The gold went to Russia's Vladislava Urazova (14.433), ahead of all-around w

European Games 2019: 6th place for Senna Deriks, Jimmy Verbaeys 16th!

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Today Senna Deriks and Jimmy Verbaeys competed in the all-around final at the European Games in Minsk.  Senna did very good and finished in 6th place. Jimmy was 16th.  For these all-around finals, the men and women competed simultaneously in Minsk.  Jimmy did not have the start he wished for on still rings with a score of 11.966. He came back strong on vault and parallel bars with 13.766 and 13.466. His high bar routine wasn't his best (12.400) but his floor was good. He scored 13.733.  He finished his competition on the pommel horse with a score of 13.100. With a total score of 78.431, he placed 16th.  David Belyavskiy from Russia won the gold medal (85.465), ahead of Oleg Verniaiev from Ukraine (84.632) and his teammate Vladislav Poliashov (84.464). Senna started her competition with a good floor routine that got her 12.333. She was solid on vault too and scored 13.400 for her full twisting Yurchenko, a tiny bit more than in qualifications. On uneve

Junior Worlds Gyor : top 5 for our girls, bars final for Noémie and Stacy!

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Today was the second day of competition in Gyor. After the boys yesterday, this Friday saw the girls compete for the very first Junior World titles. Our Belgian girls did an amazing job, placing 5th as a team and qualifying for 2 event finals. Credit: Magyar Torna Szövetség - Hungarian Gymnastics Federation Noémie Louon , Stacy Bertrandt and Lisa Vaelen started their competition in the 2nd subdivision on vault. With three solid vaults, they scored 13.066, 13.400 and 13.200 respectively and were off to a good start. On bars, if things didn't go according to plan for Lisa who had to count a fall (11.933), Stacy and Noémie really shone. With solid sets, they scored 13.266 and 13.433, enough to qualify for the uneven bars final in 7th and 8th place. On beam, Noémie fell but still got 11.766. Lisa received 12.566 while Stacy got the highest score for the team with 12.900. They finished on floor, an event for which Belgium is known for its original choreographies.